The Board has determined that the Veteran's unauthorized medical treatment from January 22 to January 26, 2015 at University Hospitals Case Medical Center was for a continued medical emergency and could not have been safely discharged or transferred to a VA facility. As such, the appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's condition required continued critical care treatment and that there were reasonable doubts about whether he could have been safely transferred to a VA facility before January 26, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101399
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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